Clothing-rack.



:PATENTED APR. 26', 1994;

J. vA. HUGKBRSMITH.

CLOTHING RACK.

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UNITED STATES Patented April 26, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLOTHING-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 758,072, dated April 26, 1904.

T all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, J oHN A. HooKERsMITH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chamberlain, in the county of Brule and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and Improved Clothing-Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention .relates particularly to racks cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of aclothingrack embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view showing' a means for vertically adjusting' the shelves; and Fig. I is a section through a portion of one of the shelves.

Referring to the drawings, l designates a base designed to rest upon a suitable supportas, for instance, shelving or tableswand eX- t'ended upward from the ends of this base are standards 2. As here shown, the opposite standards of an end consist of a single length of metal bent to provide a portion 3, secured in a channel in the under side of the base; but

it is obvious that my invention is not restricted to this particular construction. Arms 4 are adjustable vertically on the standards and are held as adjusted by means of thumb-nuts 5. Rigidly connected to opposite arms of a side are brackets in the form of plates 6, on which the shelves 7 are designed to slide. The outer edge of each bracket or plate 6 is provided with an upwardly-extended iiange 8, so as to guide the shelf in its sliding movement. It will be noted that the bottom shelf rests upon and is slidable upon the base l. At one end each'shelf is provided with a handle 9, which is undercut to receive a persons fingers, and

Application filed March 28, 1903. Serial No. 149,990. (No model.)

on this handle the different sizes of waist and inseam measurements may be placed in any desired manner.

In a device embodying my invention a pile of trousers of a given size may be placed on each shelf, andtherefore the different sizes are readily accessible, which will save time as compared with the ordinary methods of hunting out sizes from piles of goods placed upon counters.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A clothes-rack, comprising a rectangular frame having vertical corner-posts, the two posts at each end of the rack being united by an integral horizontal section to form U-shaped ends for the rack-frame, independent bracketarms vertically adjustable on each standard, the bracket-arms on one leg of each U-shaped member extending toward the other leg of the same member, bracket-plates extending J lengthwise of the rack and at right angles to said bracket-arms, said plates at their ends being rigidly secured to said arms, the bracketplates thereby uniting into binding' engagement with each other, the two sides of one U- shaped member to the corresponding sides of the other U-shaped member, said plates having upturned fianges on their outer edges, longitudinally-slidable shelves supported upon opposite bracket-plates and received between the upturned ianges of said plates With each end of a shelf adapted to move in and out between the legs of one of the U-shaped members, a projecting integral handle at the end of each shelf, and a bottom for the rack, said bottom having on its under side transverse recesses of a depth to receive thereinto the transverse sections of the U-shaped members, said transverse sections being rigidly secured to said bottom and the lower shelf being adapted to slide in and out upon said bottom, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN A. HOOKERSMITH.

Witnesses:

LEROY S. HOUSE, Geenen LiNDsAY. 

